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1026:Radar picket
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423:Kagerō-class
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1403:Repair ship
1302:Minesweeper
1178:Patrol boat
1133:Armed yacht
855:Dreadnought
842:Battleships
669:Naval ships
429:), Type B (
128:Matsu-class
93:Description
83:escort ship
1623:Ship types
1612:Categories
1590:Ship types
1549:Guard ship
1423:Submarines
1358:Depot ship
1292:Minehunter
471:19 October
445:References
132:destroyers
111:destroyers
71:naval ship
1297:Minelayer
1112:Troopship
1040:Transport
1006:Escorteur
986:Destroyer
727:Broadside
695:auxiliary
690:submarine
502:Sea Power
392:Footnotes
368:Yasoshima
1539:Flagship
1272:Danlayer
1143:Corvette
1021:Kaibōkan
890:Cruisers
782:CAM ship
737:Casemate
673:warships
410:monitors
406:kaibōkan
375:See also
351:method.
215:Ishigaki
209:Shimushu
187:kaibōkan
148:Kaibōkan
124:kaibōkan
119:kaibōkan
115:kaibōkan
103:frigates
54:Kaibōkan
1583:Related
1559:Monitor
1493:Wet sub
1338:Collier
1256:Shin'yō
1251:PT boat
1148:Gunboat
1011:Frigate
742:Turrets
574:Sources
362:Ioshima
311:Okinawa
279:Chiburi
247:Matsuwa
241:Etorofu
199:Classes
170:of the
162:F-class
77:during
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1488:U-boat
1216:E-boat
1183:Q-ship
969:Escort
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355:Others
345:Type D
341:Type C
273:Mikura
192:Mikasa
164:, and
1031:Sloop
976:Aviso
450:Notes
307:class
305:Ukuru
275:class
243:class
211:class
139:丁型駆逐艦
1461:DSRV
1246:MTSM
671:and
625:ISBN
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520:ISBN
473:2013
365:and
152:Axis
101:and
1241:MTM
1236:MTB
1226:MGB
1221:MAS
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